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f Application filed. July 9, 1925.` Serial.1\To..42,4.84.-v

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Be it lrnownfthat I, JAMES-11. THoMrsoN, a; citizenk of the United States, residing in Trenton, Mercerr County,l New Jersey, have inventedycertain Tmprovements lin Apparatus for'Dyeing-Raw Stock, of which the following is a specification. i l w My; invention `relates to certain improvements in dyeing machines, in which the stock to be dyed is placed in a cage in a loose condition, and the dye liquor is circulated through the cagefirst in one direction and then in a reverse direction.

The object of the invention is to construct a cage, including a top therefor, all of whichV is removable with the cover of the dye vat, and to provide the cage with hinged bottom sections that can be opened to allow the ma terial to be discharged from the cage.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 isa plan view of a dye vat illustrating my invention, the cover of the vat being broken away to show the top of the cage;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the cage;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of a dye vat, showing the cage in position therel m;

Fig. 4 is an end view of the cage, elevated clear of the vat after the material hasbeen dyed;

Fig. 5 is a view showing the bottom sec-l tions of the cage open to allow the material to be discharged from the cage; and

Fig. 6 is a view of the cage, showing the bottom closed and the top detached from the cage to allow the cage to be loaded.

The vat 1 can be of any suitable construction, and is preferably provided with means for circulating the dye liquor-first in one direction and then in the opposite direction. Such a vat is shown in the patent granted to Joseph Hussong onJune 5, 1906, No. 822,844. i

The cage 2 fits the dyeing section of the vat land has metallic straps 3, which eX- tend through slots in the beams 4 of a beam structure 5, which restson'the-upper edge zof the vat. Wedges 6 are driven through slots in the straps. These wedges can be removed when kitis desired to. detach the cage from the beams.

The bottom 7 of the cage is made .of hinged sectionsjS, which are suitably brac-ed tosuppoitthe load."` Each sectionis perforated for the passage of thej dye- ,liquor. The sides of the cage are connectedA by transverse bolts 9. which extend throughtubes 10. Thfe'tubesandubolts :actgto brace the p sides ofthecage..y The top section -11 of the cagejfissuspended from., the'rlongitudinal beams12 of the beam structure 5 and are bolted tothe transverse beams 4@ Bolts 18 extend through tubes 14 and rigidly secure the top section of Athe* cage to the beams. This top section is shown as made in two parts. Each part is llangech as at 15. Longitudinal bars 16 extend the full length of the top section and l are firmly secured to the sections of the top.'

The sections are perforated to allow the dye liquor to circulate freely. At one end of one of the top sections is a hinged sample door 17, which is held in the closedposition bya catch. On opening this door, a sample of the stock being dyed can be removed for inspection. Y

The cover 18 of the vat-is secured to the upper surface of the beams 12 and extends over the edge of the vat when the cage'is in the vat, as in Fig. 3.

n The cover has akdoor 19,'which is directly above the sample door 17. The cagev is loaded with material outside Vof the vatQ The bottom'of the cage is` closed, as in Fig. 6, and the top is lraised by any suitable'hoist.v After the cage isilled with materiahthe cover lowered into positionA and the wedgesare vdriven to secure the cageto the i 9o ered into the vat, as in Fig. 3. .The cover cover, as in Fig. 4. Then the cage is low- 18 of the vat rests on the top thereof and the top 11 of the cage is suspended within the cage.

After the material in thek cage has been dyed, thecage is lifted out of the vat with the cover, as illustrated in Fig.y 4, and is removed to the placewhere it isdesired to discharge the dyed material. hileYK lche cage is suspendedthe material is discharged.

yThe doors are then closedand the cage is'A lowered onto a truck, or other suitablesupport, asshown in Fig. 6. The topand cover l are disconnected from the cage and areV raised clear thereof to allowk the cage to be reloaded with material to be dyed.

By making thetop of the ca e detachable and removable with the cover o the vat. free access to the Cage is assured, as is the proper loading of the material to be dyed.

I claim: Y

l. The combination in a dyeing machine for raw stock, of a Vat; a cage arranged to be located therein and having a perforated bottom arranged to be opened; a beam strueture resting on the Vat; means 'for detachably securing the vcage to the beam strueture; and a top for the Cage, which is Suepended from the beam Structure.

' 2. The combination in a dyeing machine for raw stock, of a vat; a beam structure arranged to rest on the Vat; a Cage located Within the vat and detaehably suspended from the beam structure; a perforated, movablebottom for the cage; a perforated top for the cage, Which is suspended from the beam structure independently of the Cage;

for raw stock, of a vat; a cage; a beam strueture for suspending the cage within the vat; and a perl'orated oever for the cage secured to said beam structure, the eover being flanged and having longitudinal strengthenmg bars.

4. The combination in a dyeing machine for raw Stock, of a vat; a Cage; beams from which the Cage is` suspended; and a cover for the vat secured to the beams independently of the cage, said cover being made in sections and having angle bars connecting the sections together and strengthening the cover, eaeli section of the cover being perforated and `llanged.

J AMES H. THOMPSON. 

